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EP 244: Can John Padora beat Lauren Boebert in Colorado's 4th? Feb 02, 2024

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John Padora is leading the pack of Democrats running in Colorado's 4th Congressional District. His likely Republican opponent - carpetbagging Lauren Boebert. Listen to John talk about the issues, why he thinks Donald Trump will lose in the fall and why Colorado voters are done with divisive politics - on this edition of Just Ask the Question.

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EP 243: Just Ask The Press - How close is the U.S. to a 'civil' war? Jan 30, 2024

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This week on Just ask the Press: How close is the U.S. to Civil War? Can Trump recover from an $83 million judgment? And why does the Press keep covering Donald Trump?

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EP 242: Norm Ornstein - Can the press be fixed? Jan 28, 2024

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On this special edition of Just Ask the Question as we dissect the problems with today's media.

Joining us is Norm Ornstein. He is an American political scientist and an emeritus scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, a Washington, D.C., conservative think tank. He is the co-author of It's Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided With the New Politics of Extremism. We begin asking him, "what's wrong with the press?"

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EP 241: Just Ask The Press - Is prosecuting Trump in Georgia hopeless? Jan 22, 2024

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Just Ask the Press; Trump screams for immunity, screams in court and has his attorney scream for him. Does any of it make sense? Is prosecuting Trump in Georgia hopeless?

Plus, the House passes a federal shield law. Will it make it through the senate? What is a journalist?

And finally, what's the worst part of getting older? This, and much more . . .

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Ep 240: Just Ask the Press - Was the coverage of Biden and Trump last week biased? Jan 15, 2024

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This week; How bad has the Press screwed up coverage of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and the escalation of the conflict in the Middle East? Is Donald Trump's nomination a foregone conclusion already? And what the heck is happening in the NFL? - Bye Bye Belichik. This and a lot more on Just Ask the Press

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Ep 239: Alice Stewart - How can you be a 'rational' Republican? Jan 14, 2024

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Alice Stewart is a long-time Republican strategist and campaigner who does NOT side with Donald Trump. In this episode of Just Ask the Question, we talk about MAGA supporters, the 2024 race and what she would do if she were running Joe Biden's re-election bid.

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Ep 238: Identifying Disinformation: Tips from Expert Ryan McBeth Jan 12, 2024

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This week on Just Ask the Question, Cyber security expert, OSINT analyst and journalist, Ryan Mcbeth of the popular Youtube series 'RyanMcbeth' joins us to talk misinformation, disinformation and how to better prepare yourself to understand what's being put out on the internet. We also discuss cigars, bourbon and what the major misconceptions are of todays military.

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Ep: 237 - Just Ask the Press - How should the Press cover Trump in 2024? Jan 09, 2024

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This week on Just Ask the Press, facts don't seem to matter, Michael Zeldin offers up a confession, and we take a look at the Trump and Biden campaigns prior to the Iowa caucuses.

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Ep: 236 - The Rise of Clickbait and Divisive Media: A conversation with Professor Heather Hendershot about her new book Jan 04, 2024

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Heather Hendershot is a professor of film and media in MIT’s Comparative Media Studies/Writing program. Her most recent book is When the News Broke: Chicago 1968 and the Polarization of America. She is also the author of: Open to Debate: How William F. Buckley Put Liberal America on the Firing Line; What’s Fair on the Air? Cold War Right-Wing Broadcasting and the Public Interest; Shaking the World for Jesus: Media and Conservative Evangelical Culture; and Saturday Morning Censors: Television Regulation before the V-Chip. Heather also edited the anthology Nickelodeon Nation: The History, Politics, and Economics of America’s Only Channel for Kids, and she is a former editor of Cinema Journal, the official publication of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies.

Heather received her BA from Yale University and her MA and PhD from the University of Rochester. She has held fellowships at Harvard University, Princeton University, Stanford University, New York University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Vassar College, and she has also been a Guggenheim Fellow.

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Ep: 235 - Just Ask The Press - will 2024 be better than 2023? Jan 02, 2024

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Happy New Year! This week on Just ask the Press: Have Americans forgotten how to have fun? Lauren Boebert changes districts and Trump gets dumped in two states. Plus Nikki Haley and her Civil War problem. As always Michael Zeldin and John T. Bennett join us to make sense of the news and analyze the Press.

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